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Colin Strohn Woodard (born December 3, 1968 [1]) is an American journalist and writer known for his books American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America (2011), The Republic of Pirates (2007), and The Lobster Coast (2004), a cultural and environmental history of coastal Maine.
The pirates ran their affairs using what was called the pirate code, which was the basis of their claim that their rule of New Providence constituted a kind of republic. [13] According to the code, the pirates ran their ships democratically, sharing plunder equally and selecting and deposing their captains by popular vote . [ 14 ]
Cordingly, David. Under the Black Flag: The Romance and Reality of Life Among the Pirates New York: Random House, (1996) ISBN 0-679-42560-8. The Tryals of Major Stede Bonnet, and Other Pirates. London, Printed for Benj Cowse at the Rose and Crown in St Paul's Church-Yard, (1719) Woodard, Colin. The Republic of Pirates. New York: Harcourt, 2007.
Curtis Sittenfeld, Dawn Tripp and award-winning journalist and historian Colin Woodard will give free talks on the oceanfront lawn at Ochre Court. Book chats by the sea: Find out which bestselling ...
The series is a fictionalization of the life of the pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, [1] who is still alive in 1729 (historically, he died in 1718). The show was created by Neil Cross, James V. Hart, and Amanda Welles. [1] Crossbones is based on Colin Woodard's book The Republic of Pirates. [2]
Woodard, Colin (2007), The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down, Harcourt, Inc, ISBN 978-0-15-101302-9 [permanent dead link ]
Stede Bonnet (c. 1688 – 10 December 1718) [a] was an English pirate who was known as the Gentleman Pirate [1] because he was a moderately wealthy landowner before turning to a life of crime. Bonnet was born into a wealthy English family on the island of Barbados , and inherited the family estate after his father's death in 1694.
Based on Colin Woodard's book The Republic of Pirates. 2017 The Pirates Next Door France Animated television series 2021 The Lost Pirate Kingdom: United States Stan Griffin, Justin Rickett, Patrick Dickinson: Sam Callis, James Oliver Wheatley, Derek Jacobi